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UNITED STATES CHARLES J. BOTZ, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-TENTHS TO .THE BOTZ TYPESETTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF IIERMANN, MIS- SOURI.

' TYPE-SETTING MACHINE.

SPECIFIGA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,772, dated August a, 1899.

lipplic'sttion filedJui1e22,1898. Serial No.684,170. (Nomodelh To all whmn it may concern:

Beit known that 1, CHARLES J. BOTZ, of Sedalia, in'theconnty of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Type-Setting Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to machines for set-ting type, and has for its object to provide a 'machine of the above-indicated class which will be easy to operate, requiring but few manipulations, readily learned, and capable of considerable speed. The improved construction by which I accomplish these results will be described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The features of novelty constituting myinvention will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In Figures 1 to 18 of the accompanying drawin gs I have illustrated a complete machine in all its parts and details, and in Figs.'19 to 27 I have represented a'differ ent construction of certain parts. i

Fig. 1 is a central sectional elevation of the improved machine. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section of the line; forming mechanism. Fig. 4 is a plan corresponding to Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are elevations showing the line-forming mechanism from opposite ends. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively an end view and an approximately central vertical section of the line-forming mech: auism. Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are sectional elevations of the line-forming mechanism, showing the same indifferent positions. Fig. 12 is a transverse section of the line-forming mechanism on line 12 12 of Fig. 13. Fig. 13 is a plan view illustrating the connection of the line-forming mechanism with the col-' u Inn-forming mechanism or galley. Figs. 14: to 16 illustrate details of the type-holder or type-channel. Figs.17 and 18 show two forms of the type receptacle or casing. Figs. 19 and 20 represent a different construction of the line-forming mechanismiu elevation and plan, respective] y. Fig. 21 is a cross-sectionon line 21 21 of Fig. 19. Figs. 22 and 23 are crosssections substantially on line 23 23 of-Fig. 19, showing the parts in different positions. Fig. 2% is an inverted plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 19. Figs. 25, 26, and27 illustrate the operation of. the modified construction, and Fig. 28 is a detail of a modified type-receiving slide. V V p Themachine comprises the following main parts: the casing A, having aserie's of typechannels B, a movable type chute or transmitter O, a composing-slide D, a spacing mechanism E, and a column-forming mechanism F.

The composing-slide D and the spacing mechanism E together constitute a line-forming mechanism.

' The casing A is secured to a suitable frame and consists of three or more superposed rows of type-channels B, which, as shown, are inclined rearwardly and have discharge-openings B at their forward upper ends. The number of channels is of course arbitrary; but for many purposes it will'be sufficient to have three'rows ofjchannels, thirty-two in each row. The drawings, however, for the sake of clearness, show only twenty four channels instead of ninety-six.

The discharge-openings B of the channels are located in the arc of a circle for a purpose that will be fully stated hereinafter. Each channel is adapted to receive type of one kind only, and each of the openings B is of a proper size to allow only one of the type to (escape at a time. The type is designated by the letter G. The type is held in a forward position, but normally clearing the dischargeopenings B, by means of a follower 1, fitted to slide in the type-channel and'having a rack-surface 2, engaged by a pawl 3, pivoted to a link 4. This link is adapted to be operated by means of a key 5. A friction device, such as rubber plugs 1", secured to the follower 1, prevents an accidental movement of the follower. The key 5 may be made to project forward more or less, a screw-joint 5" permitting of such adjustment, so that the feeding movement will (like the width of the discharge-opening B) correspond to the width of the type. To secure a return of the pawl to its normal position, a counterweight 6 is rigidly connected with the link 4. The pawls extend rearwardly beyond the links 4, as at 3, and their upward movement is limited by a stop 7, secured to the casing. The channel B is widened at its rear end, as shown at B to permit of the easy introduction of the type. A return movement of the channel (during the return movement of the pawl) is prevented in any suitable manner-for instance, by a frictional engagement of the type-chair nel with the casing. The projecting ends 3 of the pawls allow the operator to raise the pawls when introducing or removing type, so as to avoid marring the face of the type. The casing may also carry a box 8, adapted to receive various signs, such as fractions, which it is not desired to set up by the aid of my improved mechanism, but by hand, in the ordinary manner. Furthermore, the casing may have a box 9 to contain spaces of various sizes, as may be required in arranging lines. (See Fig. 13.)

The type chute or transmitter is pivoted directly to the horizontal axis 10, journaled in a frame 11, capable of turning about a vertical axis 12. The type-chute consists of two tubular parts, one telescoping within the other. The upper part 13 has an opening 1%, adapted to be placed under the discharge-openings B of the type-channels, and said upper section 13, furthermore, carries a finger 15, adapted to engage the projecting end of the key 5. The finger 15 and opening 14 are so located in relation to each other that when said finger is pressed against the key, thereby causing the pawl to move the follower 1 forward and feed the type in the same direction, the type discharged through the opening B will fall into the type-chute and slide down the same. The type-chute is made extensible, so that the keys 5 in the various rows of the type-channels may be readily reached, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. As the typechute swings in a horizontal plane about the vertical axis 12, the reason for locating the ends of the keys 5 in the are of a circle will be obviousnamely, to enable the operator to work on keys 5 of the same row without changing the adjustment of the two sections of the type-chute. I prefer to arrange the keys 5 and discharge-openings B in an upwardly-ranging are, as illustrated by Fig. 18, so as to secure a uniform inclination of the type-channels B. The frame 11, with the type-chute C and all the other parts carried by said frame, may be removed from the apparatus upon swinging aside the pivoted catch 12, engaging a reduced portion 12 of the vertical pivot 12. A roller 0, journaled on the frame 11, is adapted to rest on the table of the apparatus to better support the frame in its movement about the pivot 12.

At its lower end the type-chute is open laterally, so as to allow the type to issue therefrom and to fall upon the composing-slide D. To the lower section of the type-chute is pivoted a stop 16, adapted to assume a vertical position by gravity and to keep the type in a vertical position while it glides into the composing-slide. The type-chute may be held in a springarm 28.

an elevated position by means of a trans versely-slidable roller 17,which may be shoved out of the path of the type-chute, as shown in Fig. 2. The composing-slide is adapted to move in a guideway 11 on the same frame 11. to which the type-chute is pivoted, and the plane in which said slide moves is parallel to that in which the type-chute swings.

11 is a guide for the slide D. The slide D may be moved toward the right until it e11- gages a spring 18, and when it is desired to remove the slide from its frame said spring is bent down to clear the slide. At its left-hand end the slide has a stop 19, located in substan tially the same plane as that in which the pivoted stop 16 moves. Thus the type reaching the slide D is received in a groove 20 at the bottom of the slide, Fig. 9, and is held by means of a spring 21, pressing laterally through an opening 11 in the frame 11, Fig. 7. Then as the type-chute is swung on its horizontal pivot 10 the stop 16 forces the type toward the left until it engages the stop 19 of the composing-slide. It will be seen that each time a type has been fed down the typechute and the latter is moved away from the corresponding key 5 the type is fed forward in the groove 20 of the composing-slide. Of course as soon as the type is in contact with the stop 19 on said composing-slide the action of the stop 16 on the type will cause a forward movement of the type, and the slide D with it, so that gradually the composing-slide will advance from the position shown in Figs. 7 and S to that shown in Figs. 9 and 10. iVhen the latter position is attained, the line of type held within the slide is locked in position byturning a handle 22, carrying a cam 22, which engages a catch 23, secured to a spring-arm 23 and adapted to project through an opening 2% in the back of the frame. (See Figs. 4, 10, and 12.) The line of type is thus locked. The operator then moves the slide D to the left by hand, using the handle it, until the catch a, pivoted to the slide D at a and pressed upon by the spring I), engages the stopnotch 11 in the guideway 11. In this position the operator performs the proper spacing, and for this purpose the following arrangement is provided: \Vhile the composing-slide D is advancing, the types are prcvented from falling forward by means of a plate 25, pivoted to the frame 11 and forming a front wall, said plate 25 being normally held in a vertical position by means of a spring 20, which then extends over an arm 25, rigid with the plate 25. (See Fig. 7.) When the slide D has reached the position shown in Fig. 10, the spring 20 is forced rearward until its end 26 clears the arm 25, thereby releasing the plate 25, and the type is, together with said plate 25, forced forward and downward into the position indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 12 and 13 and by means of an ejector 27, secured to the frame by means of The forward movement of the plate 25 is limited by a stop 29, so

as to hold said plate in an inclined position,

- back, bringing the type into the vertical position again and locking the type by means of the catch 23'. The line thus justified is transferred to the column-forming mechan-' ism in the following manner: The composingslideD is moved toward the left by the operator releasing the catch a and taking hold of the handle h to pull the slide with the line of type thereon until in swinging around the pivot 12 the upwardly-ranging arm of the second ejector 34, presently referred to, takes under the arm 31 to raise the same and is in position opposite the end of the column-forming box 32. The pivoted follower-plate 33 is in a rearmost position, Fig. 2, to prevent the type from falling forward, and as the opera tor presses upon a second ejector '34, secured to the frame 11 by means of a spring-arm 35, the line of type is forced into the columnforming box 32. This movement at the same time causes a corresponding movement of the follower 33, slidable on the guide 33. When the frame 11 is turned back on the pivot 12 toward the position shown in Fig. 2, the arm 31, being no longer kept elevated by the arm 30, will fall down, so that the plate 36, .carried on said arm 31, will engage the rear face of the type and hold it within the box 32, whereupon the composing-slide D is moved back to its original position on the frame 11. In order to hold the pivoted frame against the column-formingboxin the position shown in Fig. 13, a suitable stop, such as a pivoted hook 37, is provided at the right-hand end of the frame to engage the spring 18 or any suitable part of the pivoted frame, as indicated in Fig. 3. It will be understood that the piv-v oted frame which carries the composing-slide and the type-chute will swing on its pivot as the type-chute is moved from one type-channel to another; but this will not affect the operation of the composing-slide, as above described. The arm 31 may be held in its upward position by means of a pivoted cat-ch 38. As the com posin g-slide D is pushed back to its original position the cam-handle 22 by colliding with the frame 11 (see Figs. 12 and 13) is turned automatically, so as to swing the catch 23 out of the path of the feed-stop 16.

By substituting for the composing-slide D a U-shaped type-holder a substantially like that shown in Fig. 16,(without the follower 1,) but closed at one end, as illustrated byFig. 28, I may secure the following advantages: One operator by working the type-chute C may fill one of the U-shaped type-holders u in the same manner as described for the composing-slide D, and another operator would remove the type-holders u as soon as filledfor instance, by means of the ejector 27, which would preferably act at a point fartherto the left than in the construction shown, so as to give both operators more room. The first op-' erator would thus fill type-holders continuously, while the other would justify the lines by the insertion of the proper spaces and would form the justified lines into columns. The output of the machine could thus be materially increased.

In the construction hereinbefore described the lines are j ustified by hand and the operator must rely upon his skill and judgment for putting in the proper spaces. In the lineforming device to be described presently a mechanism is provided for indicating the exact amount of spaces (in ems or other units) required to accurately fill up the line.

It will be understood thatin this construction the type-channels B, type-chute G, and the column-forming mechanism are the same as in the construction hereinbefore referred to. The frame 11, which carries the typechute, is pivoted, as before described, to turn about a vertical axis 12, and the frame has a slideway 11 for the composing-slide D to travel in. The types G are prevented from falling out of the slide D forwardly by the front wall 39 of the frame 11. The end walls 40 and 40 of the slide D hold the type against endwise movement. A spring-catch 41 normally compels the slide D to carry along with it another slide 42, which carries the justifying mechanism. The composingslide D is capable of a limited independent movement between the spring-catch 41 and a stop 43, both secured to the j ustifying-slide 42. The composing-slide is apertured longitudinally at the back, as shown at 44, and the justifying-slide has a similar slot 45. Upon the slide 42 are fitted to slide transverselyi. e., from front to rear, and vice versa-the j ustifying-plates 46, adapted to project at about the middle of the height of the type. (See Fig. 23.) Normally the plates 46 are exterior of the composing-slide D. Whenever a word has been completed, the operator presses the spacingkey 47, pivoted to the frame 11, and thereby brings the lower end 47 of said key against one of the plates 46, causing said plate to slide forward to the right of the last type. (See Fig. 23.) It will be understood that the two slides D and 42 advance together as each type is fed, while the spacing-key 47 does not advance. By reference to the drawings, and particularly Fig. 26, it will be seen that the distance between each two adjoining justifying-plates 46 is equal, approximately, to the aggregate thickness of two types, so that two adjoining plates are near enough to each other to properly support and keep from falling even a single type,

as they will have to do in the case of words of one letter, such as a or I. (See the last type at the right of Fig. 26.) -Words of one letter or of two letters will therefore be held between two adjoining plates 46, while for words of three or four letters I shall use one of the plates 46, in conjunction with the one next to it but one, and so on, it being understood that in this manner long or short with the rod 63, which is pressed upward by words can be received between the plates 46 although they are evenly spaced, as will also be clear from Fig. 26. Of course I might somewhat vary the distance between the several justifying-plates; but I believe the distance equivalent to two types will yield the simplest and most practical arrangement. \Vhen the composing-slide D is almost filled with type between the end walls 40 and 40, the line is justified as follows: The operator pulls the knob 48 in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figs. 20 and 25, (to the left in Fig. 20.) This knob is attached to a rod 49, supported upon links 50, pivoted to the justifying-slide 42. One edge of each justifying-plate 46 enters a socket in the slide 42, and the opposite edge engages a socket in the rod 49. By moving the rod as indicated the j ustifying-plates are shifted from the straight position (shown in Figs. 24 and 26) to the 0blique position. (Shown in Figs. 25 and 27.) This will force the type G toward the ends of the composingslide D, so as to fill it completely. At the same time a projection 51 on the rod 49 will turn a pointer 52, pivoted to the justifying-slide and indicating on a graduated are 53 the number of ems or other units necessary to fill the spaces between the words composing the line. The proper spaces 54 are then introduced by hand, (see Fig. 27,) the j ustifying-plates forming temporarysupports for the said spaces 54. The justifying-plates 46 are then withdrawn rearwardly from the composing-slide D by pressing on the key 55, which, operating the elbow-lever 56, pivoted on the justifying-slide 42, draws the justifying-plates back, said plates having apertures 42*, in which the actuating end of the lever 56 is adapted to move. As the composingslide moves toward the left, Fig. 27, the springcatch 41 collides with an inclined stop 57, secured to the frame 11, causing the catch to release the composing-slide D. The slide is then moved by hand toward the left to pass under the space-driver 58. The space-driver 58 is pivotally mounted ina frame 59, attached to the frame 11, and at its lower end said space-driver is flattened, so that by turning it by means of the handle 60 it will be made to present either a thin or a broad surface in a direction longitudinally of the composingslide to correspond to the aggregate width of the spaces 54, inserted between each two words. Adjacent to the handle 60 I may provide a graduation corresponding to that on the graduated are 53, so that the operator will be enabled to at once adjust the spacedriver 58 to the proper position. Each time one of the sets of spaces 54 comes under the space-driver 58 the latter is lowered by a pressure on the handle 60, and thus the spaces 54 are driven down, so as to no longer project above the type-surface. A spring 62, engaging an angular portion 58 of the space-driver 58, serves to hold it against accidental turning. The space-driver slides up and down a spring 64, so as to return the space-driver to its normal upper position. When the composing-slide D, with the line of type justified, as above described, reaches the left-hand end of the frame 11, the ejector 34 (being the same as that described with reference to Figs. 1 to 18) is operated to remove the line of type into the column-forming box.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-* 1. The combination of the type-receptacle having a plurality of type holders or channels, and means for discharging the types, with the type-chute arranged to receive the discharged types and movable into registry with any one of the type-holders, and the composing-slide arranged to receive successively the types fed to the type-chute, said slide being mounted to move in unison with the type-chute so as to remain in a receiving position relatively thereto whenever the chute is moved from registry with one type-holder into registry with another type-holder.

2. The combination of the type-receptacle havinga pluralityof type holders or channels, and means for discharging the types, with the movable type-chute arranged to operate the means for discharging the types from their channels, and to receive such types, and the composing-slide arranged to receive the types after their passage through the type-chute, said slide being mounted to move in unison with the type-chute so as to remain in a receiving position relatively thereto whenever the chute is moved from registry with one type-holder into registry with another typeholder.

3. The combination of the type-receptacle having a pluralityof type holders or channels, and means for discharging the types, with the movable type-chute arranged to receive the discharged types, and the composingslide arranged to receive the types from the chute and to be moved by the chute at the reception of each type.

4. The combination of the type-receptacle havingaplurality of type holders or channels, and means for discharging the types, with the movable type-chute arranged to receive the types from the channels, and the composingslide arranged to receive the types from the type-chute and to be fed forward by the movement of the type-chute.

5. The combination of the type-receptacle having a plurality of type holders or channels,

and means for discharging the types, with the,

movable type-chute arranged to receive the types from the channels and to operate the means for discharging the types from their channels, and the composing-slide arranged to receive the types from the type-chute and to be fed forward by the movement of the type-chute.

6. The combination of the receptacle having type-channels and means for discharging IOC IIC

the types from the channels, with a columnforming mechanism stationary in relation to the type-receptacle, a type-chute arranged to receive the types from said channels, a composing-slide arranged to receive the types from the type-chute, and a movable frame on which said composing-slide is carried, to bring the slide from the receiving position into registry with the column-forming mechanism.

7. The combination of the receptacle having type-channels and means for discharging the types from the channels, with a columnforming mechanism stationary in relation to the type-receptacle, a type-chute arranged to receive the types from said channels, a composing-slide arranged to receive the types from the type-chute, and a pivoted frame on which the said composing-slide is carried, to swing the slide from the receiving position into registry with the column-forming mechanism.

8. The combination of the receptacle having type-channels and means for discharging the types from the channels, with a columnforming mechanism stationary in relation to the type-receptacle, a movable frame, a typechute carried by said frame and arranged to receive the types from said channels, and a composing-slide likewise carried by said movable frame and adapted to receive the types from the type-chute, said slide being adapted to be brought, by the movement of the frame, into registry with the column-forming mechanism. 1

9. The combination of the receptacle having type-channels and means for discharging the types from the channels, with a columnforming mechanism stationary in relation to the type-receptacle, a pivoted frame, a typechute carried by said frame and arranged to receive the types from said channels, and a composing-slide likewise carried by said pivoted frame and adapted to receive the types from the type-chute, said slide being adapted to be swung, by the pivotal movement of the frame, into registry with the col umn-forming mechanism.

10. The combination of the type-receptacle, the pivoted type-chute arranged to receive the types from said receptacle, and the composing-slide arranged to be actuated by the movement of the type-chute on its pivot.

11. The combination of the type-receptacle, the pivoted type-chute arranged to receive the types from said receptacle, the stop pivoted to the lower end of the type-chute, and the composing-slide arranged to move in the same plane in which the type-chute swings and provided with a stop opposing the pivoted stop of the type-chute.

12. The combination of the type-receptacle, the column-forming mechanism stationary in relation to said type-receptacle, the frame pivoted about a vertical axis, the composingslide movable horizontally on said frame, and the type-chute pivoted on said frame about types from the type-receptacle to the composing-slide, the latter being adapted to be brought into registry with the column-forming mechanism by the pivotal movement of the frame.

13. The combination of the type-receptacle, the frame having a vertical pivot, the movable catch for preventing a withdrawal of said pivot, the type -chute carried by said frame and adapted to receive the types from said receptacle, the composing-slide arranged to move on the frame and to receive the types from the type-chute, and the column-forming mechanism with which the composing-slide is adapted to be brought into registry by the movement of the frame.

14:. The combination of the type-receptacle, the column forming mechanism stationary relatively to said type-receptacle, the composingslide, the type-chute arranged to convey the types from the type-receptacle to the composing-slide, the movable frame carrying said composing-slide, and a hook or stop for holding said frame stationary when the composing-slide is in registry with the columnforming mechanism.

15. The combination of the type-receptacle having inclined channels provided with discharge-openings at their upper ends, and means'for feeding the types toward said upper ends.

16. The combination of the type-receptacle having inclined channels provided with discharge-openings at their upper ends, a follower located at the lower end of each channel, and means for operating the follower.

17. The combination of the type-receptacle having inclined channels provided with dischargeopenings at their upper ends, a follower located at the lower end of each channel, and provided at its sides with a friction device engaging the channel, and means for operating the follower.

. 18. The combination of the type-receptacle having type channels provided with discharge-openings, a follower located in each channel and provided with a raclcsurface, a pawl engaging said rack-surface, and a key for operating the pawl. V

19. The combination of the type-receptacle having type channels provided with discharge-openings, a follower located in-each channel and provided with a rack-surface, a pawl engaging said rack-surface, and a key for operating the pawl, said key being extensible so that its free end will project more or less to vary the stroke of the key and the throw of the pawl.

20. The combination of the type-receptacle having type-channels with discharge-apertures, and key-operated mechanism for feedin g the types toward the discharge-apertures, with a movable type-chute provided with a mouth and a finger arranged to register re spectively with the discharge-aperture of a channel and with the key of the type-feed a horizontal axis and arranged to convey the mechanism belonging to the same channel.

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21. The combination of the type-receptacle having type-channels arranged in superposed rows, an extensible type-chute arranged to register with any one of said type-channels, and mechanism for transferring the types from the type-channels to the type-chute.

22. The combination ofthe typereceptacle, the swinging type-chute arranged to receive the types therefrom, the composing-slide arranged to receive the type from the type-chute and constructed to be fed forward by the movement of said chute, the column-forming box with which the composing-slide is adapted to register, and the ejector arranged to force the types from the composing-slide into the column-forming box.

n3. The combination of the type-receptacle, the frame having a guideway, the composingslide mounted to move in said guideway, the type-chute for conveying the types from the receptacle to the composing-slide, means for moving the slide, and the spring secured to the frame to engage the side of the type adjacent to the lower end of the type-chute.

2-l-. The combination of the frame having a guideway, the composing-slide movable in said guideway, a movable chute for feeding types to said slide and for moving the slide, and a catch secured to the frame and arranged to engage the last of the types held in the composing-slide.

25. The combination of the frame having a guideway, the composing-slide movable in said guideway, means for feeding the types to said slide and for advancing the slide, a catch secured to the frame and arranged to engage the last of the types held in the composing-slide, and a handle operatively connected with the said catch and arranged to collide with the frame during the return movement of the slide, to move said catch out of the path of the types.

26. The combination of the frame, the composing-slide movable thereon, mechanism for feeding types to said composing-slide and for advancing the slide, a plate pivoted to the frame and forming a wall to normally hold the types in the composing-slide, yet allowing said types to be swung forward so as to permit of justifying the line, and means for normally holding the said plate in an upright position.

27. The combination of the frame, the composing-slide movable thereon, mechanism for feeding types to said composing-slide and for advancing the slide, a plate pivoted to the frame and forming a wall to normally hold the types in the composing-slide, yet allowing said types to be swung forward so as to permit of justifying the line, a stop for locking the composing-slide relatively to the frame when the line of types registers with said pivoted plate, and means for normally holding said plate in an upright position.

28. The combination of the frame, the composing-slide movable thereon, mechanism for feeding types to said composing-slide and for advancing the slide, a plate pivoted to the frame and forming a wall to normally hold the types in the composing-slide, yet allowing said types to be swung forward so as to permit of justifying the line, an ejector movably secured to the frame and constructed to act against the rearside of the types to force them forward with said pivoted plate, and means for normallyholding said plate in an upright position.

29. The combination with the composingslide and means for filling the same, of the column-forming box, the movable follower ar= ranged to engage the front face of the typein the column-forming box, and a verticallymovable plate arranged to engage the rear face of the type after the removal of the composing-slide from registry with the columnforming box, said plate being arranged to be lifted by the composing-slide as the latter comes into registry with the colunni-forming box.

30. The combination with the composing slide and means for filling the same, of the column-formingbox, the movable follower arranged to engage the front face of the type in said box, the pivoted arm carrying a vertically-movable plate arranged to engage the rear face of the type after the removal of the composing-slide from registry with the column-forming box, said plate being arranged to be lifted by the composing-slide as the latter comes into registry with the column-forming box.

31. The combination of the composing-slide having two stops between which the line of type is to be received, justifying-plates located normally outside the said slide, but slidable to be inserted between two types, mechanism for causing said plates to assume an oblique position, and an indicator, operatively connected with said mechanism and indicating the amount of spaces corresponding to the oblique position of the j ustifying-plates.

32. The combination of the composing-slide having two stops between which the line of type is to be received, the j ustifying-plates slidable toward and from said slide and adapted to project between two types, the sliding rod connected to said plates to give them an oblique position whereby the types will be forced against said stops, and an indicator operatively connected with said rod, and indicating the amount of spaces corresponding to the oblique position of the j ustifying-plates.

33. The combination of the frame having a guideway with a front wall extending along part of said guideway, the composing-slide arranged to move in said guideway, the justifying-slide movable adjacent to the composing-slide, means for normally connecting the two slides, mechanism, located at the end of said front wall, for disconnecting the composing-slide from the justifying-slide, justifying-plates slidable from the justifying-slide into the composingslide, mechanism for causing said plates to assume an oblique position, and an indicator connected with said mechanism, and indicating the amount of spaces corresponding to the oblique position of the justifying-plates. v

34. The combination of the composingslide, the frame in which said slide is movable, the j ustifying-plate slidable toward and from said slide, the spacing-key movably mounted on the frame to force the justifyingplates into the composing-slide, mechanism for causing said plates to assume an oblique position, and an indicator connected with said mechanism and indicating the amount of spaces Corresponding to the oblique position of the j ustifying-plates.

35. The combination of the composingslide, the justifying-plates slidable into said slide and out therefrom, a spacingkey adapted to engage said plates singly to move them into the composing-slide, a Withdrawing device arranged to remove jointly from the composing-slide, all the plates inserted therein, mechanism for causing said plates to assume an oblique position, and an indicator, operatively connected with said mechanism and indicating the amount of spaces corresponding to the oblique position of the ju stifying-plates.

36. The combination of the composingslide, the justifying-plates slidable toward and from said slide and provided with slots extending in the direction of the sliding movement, a spacing-key arranged to move said plates singlyinto the composing-slide, awithdrawing-lever passing through the slots of all the plates, mechanism for causing said plates to assume an oblique position, and an indicator, operatively connected with said mechanism and indicating the amount of spaces corresponding to the oblique position of the j ustifying-plates.

37. The combination of the composing slide, the frame in which said slide is movable, and the space-driver secured upon the frame to move transversely of the slide and force the spaces down between the types, said space-driver having an elongated edge for engaging the spaces, and being also mounted to turn so that said edge will engage a greater or smaller width of spaces.

' CHARLES J. BOTZ.

Witnesses:

CHAS. WENTZELMANN, AUG. J. SCHNEIDER. 

